UPDATES: Please note the following adjustments to this year's tournament/updates, You can find more info in the full touranment invite document:

 

1. COMPETITORS CANNOT ENTER BOTH RADIO BROADCASTING AND EXTEMP. Both events will occur in the same flight and the prep periods will run concurrently. 

2. We will be using e-ballots for all events. Please make sure your competitors/judges have linked Speechwire accounts.

3. Any changes to the schedule will be posted to the tournament speechwire.

4.  FOR IPDA ONLY!!!! ALL NON-ADVANCING IPDA COMPETITORS CAN AND (VERY LIKELY) WILL BE USED AS JUDGES IN ELIMINATION ROUNDS. To make this process easier, PLEASE ENTER your competitors for this tournament as “judges” in the IPDA COMPETITOR JUDGING CATEGORY ON SPEECHWIRE. This will give you a chance to input your competitors email so they can receive their e-ballots and keep the tournament ON TIME Enter your IPDA competitors for this tournament in the “IPDA Competitor Judges” ONLY (NOT the standard IPDA judge category as this is the category used for ALL rounds, including pre-lims). Tournament staff will activate the non-advancing competitors ONLY in that category for elimination rounds & ensure that they are blocked against the event that they are competing in at this tournament. NON-ADVANCING IPDA COMPETITOR JUDGES do not count towards covered entries/uncovered fees.Please enter ALL competitor names & email addresses that where receive their e-ballots if they do not advance. Tournament staff will begin contacting programs on Wednesday, October 21st.